Comparison

The Red Clay Strays vs Showbound

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

The Red Clay Strays

Get exclusive access to concert tickets, road updates, and more from the band. Stay connected with your favorite artists and never miss an important announcement.

Highlights
  • Exclusive ticket access
  • Band road updates
  • Exclusive content
  • Artist news
Features
Currently charting
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Download for first access to tickets, exclusive updates from the road, and more.

About

Showbound

Features
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On the day of a show, everything you need to know is a time: when doors open, when the set starts, and when you have to walk out of your door to make it. That is what this app is for. Inside the last 36 hours it turns into a run-of-show — doors, set time, and a leave-by time that accounts for how long it actually takes you to get there. A live countdown sits on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, so you stop opening the app to check, and you stop being the person who walks in during the opener. Adding a show takes about thirty seconds. There is no feed, no account, and nothing to sign up for. Afterwards, the ticket tears off and lands in your collection. It builds itself out of the shows you already tracked — no second app, no data entry. Rate it, note the setlist, remember who you went with. Over time it becomes a real record of what you went to: most-seen artists, the rooms you keep coming back to, how long it has been since you last saw someone live. — Show-day mode: doors, set time, and a leave-by you can trust — Live Activity and Dynamic Island countdown — Leave-by and doors reminders — Works for concerts, theater, comedy, and anything else with a set time — A collection that fills itself, with stats, leaderboards, and search — Optional routed travel time and a map of every room you have been to — Everything stays on your device. No account, no sign-up.

Screenshots

The Red Clay Strays4 screens
Showbound4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Showbound at weekly against The Red Clay Strays's every 3 months. The Red Clay Strays's advantage is chart position (#189 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Red Clay Strays ships an update every 3 months, Showbound weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
The Red Clay Strays versus Showbound: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe Red Clay StraysShowbound
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (15 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings15 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
Best chart rank#189 — better—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size187 MB5 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperThe Red Clay Strays, LLCTaylor Richter

In-app purchases

None

The Red Clay Strays

No in-app purchases

None

Showbound

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is The Red Clay Strays free?
The Red Clay Strays is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Showbound free?
Showbound is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do The Red Clay Strays or Showbound have ads?
Neither The Red Clay Strays nor Showbound shows ads.
Which is updated more often, The Red Clay Strays or Showbound?
The Red Clay Strays ships an update every 3 months, and Showbound weekly. Most recently, The Red Clay Strays was updated on November 4, 2026 and Showbound on October 25, 2026.

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